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RECREATION. 



to object to city people's coming to hunt 

 in this neighborhood, so long as they bring 

 a conscience with them and know when to 

 stop. But some of these fellows will kill 

 more game on one of their raids than a 

 local hunter will in the entire season. To 

 show the bad effect they have on our local 

 hunters, I have heard several who have 

 hitherto observed the game laws say they 

 might as well hunt with ferrets and kill all 

 they can as to save it for the city hogs. 



Fair Play, Scrubgrass, Pa. 



GAME NOTES. 



I shall stock our small valley and the 

 neighboring hills with rabbits and gray 

 squirrels. Later I shall procure a few 

 jungle fowls and Mongolian pheasants. 



We have here a variety of pigeon called 

 the Lorcaz de cabeza morada, much larger 

 than the common pigeon. They are found 

 abundantly in May and June, in the palm 

 groves and along the coast. They are 

 blush color, with a reddish tint on head 

 and neck. Following are figures showing 

 size of a male killed last week: Length, tip 

 of bill to tip of tail, 15 inches; spread of 

 wings, 25^4 inches; length of wing from 

 angle of carpus to point of longest pin- 

 ion. 8 inches; tail,- 5 inches. 



Day before yesterday a boy came in with 

 68 of these birds. This shows how plenti- 

 ful they are, but unless protected they will 

 soon disappear. 



We need a game law here. Now every- 

 body carries a gun, and shoots at all he 

 sees. 



Should Cuba be annexed, as I hope it 

 will, I wish Recreation, to push the pro- 

 tection of game. 



O. A. Fischer, Trinidad, Cuba. 



I have taken Recreation several years, 

 and if there is any other sportsman's pub- 

 lication that comes within sight of your 

 magazine, I have never heard of it. You, 

 through your magazine and other efforts, 

 have done more for game protection than 

 any other thousand me'n in the United 

 States, and you will never know of the 

 thousands of converts you have made, by 

 your fearless and persistent efforts through 

 Recreation. Your term "game hog" 

 hurts no one but the man himself. The 

 statement that it is offensive to others is 

 all bosh. If anyone is offended, it is con- 

 clusive evidence he is, at least in heart, in 

 that category. It is extremely gratifying 

 to me to notice that during the last few 

 years the farmers in this section have been, 

 almost without exception, vigorously pro- 

 tecting the game. They are the people 

 who are the salvation of the game, and I 

 wish I could afford to put Recreation in 

 the hands of several hundreds of them. 



Long live Shields and Recreation, and 

 may he never lost his backbone. In this 

 case the good the man does will live after 

 him. W. H. Jacoby,, 



Dodge City, Kan. 



While Michigan was being settled there 

 was plenty of game for all, but now there 

 is none worth mentioning, save in the 

 upper peninsula.- Hunters are so numer- 

 ous there, and so careless, it is no longer 

 a pleasure to hunt in that region. For 

 the last 6 or 8 years I have been going to 

 Colorado for my fall hunts. I stay 2 weeks 

 to 30 days, and have as good sport as any 

 true sportsman could wish. There are 

 plenty of deer, elk, antelope and grouse, 

 and the trout fishing is fine. It costs about 

 $50 for the round trip from Ithaca, Mich., 

 to Newcastle, Colo., via the Burlington 

 route and D. & R. G. railroad. At New- 

 castle my guide, Levi W. Ward, of Buford 

 P. O., Colo., meets me. He has a sports- 

 men's camp in the best fishing and hunt- 

 ing section on White river, the best game 

 country in Colorado. We hunt on horse- 

 back. Usually there are 3 or 4 in our party, 

 besides the cook and guide. I advise all 

 who wish to have a good time hunting to> 

 try the White river just once, and they 

 will never be sorry. There are no game 

 hogs there. 



A. E. Barstow, Ithaca, Mich. 



I have, with a good many others, a de- 

 sire to see some up to date article in 

 Recreation concerning the rights of 

 campers in the mountains of New Eng- 

 land, excepting Maine. For example, can 

 a person be pinched for trespass when 

 he camps in a rough, mountainous region 

 like Grafton Co., N. H., and uses a 2 

 weeks' supply of wood — no wanton de- 

 struction or carelessness. 



C. B. Sniffer, Tilton, N. H. 



Why does not some one write to Rec- 

 reation about frog shooting? It may not 

 be as exciting as bear shooting, but it is 

 far from being a tame sport and furnishes 

 a delicacy for the table which would de- 

 light the palate of any epicure. 



James S. McCain, Washington, N. J. 



Game has been scarce in this section the 

 last 2 or 3 years. We had a few quails 

 and rabbits and a fair number of fox squir- 

 rels last season. The hills are full of red 

 foxes and that, I think, accounts for the 

 scarcity of quails and rabbits. 



C. V. Shirley, Troy, Kas.. 



Quails, grouse, snipe and rabbits are 

 abundant here. Also fox squirrels. In a 

 4-mile drive recently I saw 3 flocks of 

 quails. 



M. C. Retallick, Climax, Mich. 



